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About National Archives Dublin

The archives of the following Government Departments and state agencies are held at Bishop Street, and are available for inspection there. The National Archives was established in 1998. It is an amalgamation of the Public Record Office of Ireland and the State Paper Office.
This National Archives also has overall statutory responsibility for Church of Ireland parish registers of marriages pre-dating 1 April 1845 and baptisms and burials pre-dating 1 January 1871.
The new Reading Room is open from 10:00-17:00. Archives are produced to readers between 10:00-16:30. When a reader orders archives which are held at the Four Courts they are normally produced in the Reading Room at Bishop Street at 10:00 on the following